JOB SUMMARY
· We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. It's about showing how you embody our valued behaviours: do the right thing, better together and never settle, as well as our brand promise: Here for good. We're committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture, one where everyone can realize their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organization. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base. The Financial Markets Technology function is responsible for the systems development and technology infrastructure which underpin the Bank’s services for Financial Markets clients.
· The Financial Markets Risk Technology team is looking for an experienced and seasoned technical lead to contribute towards the building of a new market and reference data platform within FM. Whilst the SABRE platform has continuously been improved over the years to scale to an ever-increasing user base and a growing number of capabilities, amount of data and computation, its static and market data components have grown organically without going through any drastic transformation. The refreshed FM static and market strategy also provides a unique opportunity to realign the Static and Market Data Service software architecture, interfaces and operational processes to that strategy. It’s also an enabler for all major projects: FRTB, IBOR transition, key systems migrations and more. The team is made of ~30 people and delivers to all functions, FM Front Office (incl. Quants), Middle Office, Market Risk, Valuation Control, Product Control, Technology and Back Office. It covers all asset classes: FX, Rates, Credit, EQ and Commodities.
RESPONSIBILITIES
· The successful candidate will play a key role in the implementation of highly visible strategic programmes with the primary responsibilities around building components within the Market & Reference Data platform. Any developed solution must be scalable, robust and fault tolerant catering to the existing and future business needs in a timely manner. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to develop innovative solutions with a view to these being released quickly to gain feedback before advising on the full scale roll out.
· The candidate will be a natural leader and mentor with a driven yet pragmatic, delivery focused mindset and a desire to deliver constant business value through the effective and innovative use of technology with a proven background in delivering high quality business critical software. The candidate will be expected to take ownership, responsibility and accountability for critical deliveries. In addition the successful candidate will have come from leading in a mature and demonstrable agile background and be comfortable dealing with the resistance that comes with change.
· The candidate will work closely with the other teams and senior stakeholders in order to design and implement critical strategic solutions whilst collaborating and engaging with Business Stakeholders to deliver to exacting requirements. The candidate is expected to work in a dynamic global team with business analysts, project managers, business stakeholders and other technical experts across multiple locations
Key Skills
· 8+ years of experience managing development teams in an agile environment
· 12+ years Java development experience working in a performance focused concurrent environment
· 8+ years hands on development with investment banking IT experience
· Experience with Solace/Messaging Platforms
· Experience with working on Vendor Platforms
· Good understanding of derivative products in at least 2 of the following asset classes: FX, Rates, Commodities, Credit
· Good understanding of distributed computing, any experience of using Cloud computing is beneficial
· Experience of managing stakeholders and team members in multiple locations
Key Roles & Responsibilities
· Work closely with the Project Manager, and a team of developers to deliver Java components to internal business users
· Demonstrate a systematic and disciplined architectural, system design and programming approach
· Deeply passionate about best-practice software design principles, you will write robust code along with a high-level of test coverage
· Self-starter who can drive/facilitate requirements and development effort
· Design smart and scalable solutions following the bank standards
· Coordinate with other teams in Technology
· Develop, prepare and maintain system documentation, including program descriptions and operational procedures
· Act as the second line of support during production problems.
Qualification & Skills
Development Tools and Methodologies
· Exposure to continuous build and deployment solutions such as Jenkins
· Able to work within an agile environment delivering software incrementally
Other Preferred Skills
· Strong analytical & problem solving and creative skills
· Good communication skills
· Ability to be organised and multi-task on different requirements across various stakeholders, and to work independently and under pressure
· Cultural sensitivity and awareness to work with a range of people from diverse background and geographies
· Should have a technical or numerate degree in subjects such as Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or Economics
Technical skills (Non-essential but beneficial for this role)
· Development experience on functional language, such as Haskell, is a plus
Domain Knowledge (Non-essential but very beneficial for this role)
· Knowledge of financial instruments and derivatives, trading and risk management, market data, and market risk processes and methodologies
· Understanding of risk measures, risk analysis and reporting
· Knowledge of at least one specific asset class / line of financial instruments
Knowledge and Experience
· Expert in planning, organizing and leading large-scale technology projects (> 100 people) in the Financial Markets industry.
· Sound knowledge and first-hand experience of Financial Markets market data, reference data, pricing and risk (at least one asset class in-depth).
· Expert in full life-cycle software design and implementation with post-implementation support.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
· Experience working with senior business stakeholders and executive committees in Financial Markets
· Strong communication and presentation skills
Regulatory & Business Conduct
· Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
· Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
· Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters
Key Stakeholders
· Traders, quantitative analysts, middle office, operations, market risk, finance, developers, testers, project managers, support groups
Our Ideal Candidate
· 12+ years of experience with software delivery in the Financial Markets industry
· Ability to provide direction and leadership; able to deal with uncertainty
· Advanced understanding of agile ways of working and delivering transformation
· Strong interpersonal, relationship building, and influencing abilities
· Ability to collaborate and work dynamically across a broad range of stakeholders
· Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
· Ability to manage geographically dispersed stakeholder base with multi-cultural awareness and sensitivity
· Highly disciplined and structured with an outcome orientated mindset and approach
· Strong knowledge of derivatives across asset classes encompassing product knowledge, pricing, risk analytics and trade life cycle
· Extensive knowledge in the reference and market data (rate/fx/cds/commodities curves, vol surfaces, FM instruments, bonds/ABS, futures …etc)
· Experience or knowledge on Reuters, BBG and vendor products like Asset Control & Murex is a plus
· Proven ability to work across business streams and have exposure to front to back system implementation.
· Good understanding of key technology concepts, strong technical acumen is a big plus.
· Pragmatic team player with an attention to detail.
· Ability to drive multiple agenda and effectively manage priorities.
· Strong communication and presentation skills.
· Multicultural awareness.
· Bachelors/Master’s Degree in Information Technology from a well-reputed university
· Displays personal authority, integrity and ethics
Role Specific Technical Competencies
· High level of Java expertise with experience in implementing large scale bank wide enterprise systems
· Financial Market domain knowledge and Market and Reference Data Knowledge
· Development lead and management experience with very high standards
· Strong communication skills and stakeholder management skills
About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents. And we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:
· Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
· Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
· Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
· Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
· Time-off including annual, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum
· Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns
· Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
· A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning
· Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.
· Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.
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